Walking question...

Hi again! I have a question for all you moms who have older kids you've cd'ed from the start or at least before they were walking. My LO is almost 14 months old and still not walking on his own, or even trying. I know that he's still in the "normal" range, but I'm curious.

When he walks holding my hands or cruises around the furniture, his feet are turned WAY out! He looks like he's trying to do ballet! Did any of you experience this? Could it be because of bulky diapers? If so, any suggestions on how to help him progress?

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None of that has anything to do with diapers. My cloth diapered baby walked just as early as my disposable diapered baby, and started climbing earlier. She's not any more (or less) bow legged, either. Have you mentioned the way his feet turn out to the pediatrician? Babies often grow out of that, but it never hurts to make sure.

I haven't yet. He wasn't even really cruising around much at his 12 month appt and I really only noticed this last week. My ODS was walking and running long before this and I know I shouldn't compare them, but it's really hard not to. I'll bring it up to the ped at his next appt.

My child did not walk until 15 months. He just didn't want to. Some people think it is due to CDs, but its not at all. You can always talk to a Dr about it, but I am sure its nothing to worry about. Good luck.

My son didn't walk until 18 months. His PT said it had nothing to do w/ his cloth diapers. It is normal for the feet to turn out at first the PT said. My son's feet were turned all the way out at first and she said they should turn in to <45 degrees by 3 months of walking. She said after many months of load bearing, alignment starts to fall into place. If they don't turn in that much by 3 months get it check out by an pediatric orthopaedic doctor. My son has been walking almost 2 months now and one foot is at about 30 deg. and the other is at 45-60deg. so it is improving...Hope your LO's does too! Try not to worry too much right now.

BTW, the PT stressed how critical crawling is, so if you LO has been crawling for several months that is a GOOD thing ;-)

Totally normal and not caused by cloth diaper wearing. As a mom of seven, I can tell you many, many babies start out bow legged and the 'problem' corrects itself as babies grow. Still, at your next well check you should check with your physician.